Espotting Inks Geo-Targeted Pan-European DealEspotting Unveils New Search Partners Espotting has signed a pan-European, geo-targeted deal with Mamma.com. Mamma.com has deployed technology to geographically segment its users and has chosen Espotting to provide results for its European user-base. A separate deal with European portal Euroseek will see a pan-European full implementation, consisting of all search results, and targeted content across all channels and directories.

Fast Acquires AltaVista Enterprise Search Business Fast Search & Transfer today announced the acquisition of the AltaVista enterprise search business, including more than two hundred customers, from Overture Services, Inc. for an undisclosed cash amount.

Google Expands Advertising Monetization Program for Websites Google today announced a new self-service option for Google AdSense, a program that enables website publishers to serve ads precisely targeted to the specific content of their individual web pages. With Google AdSense, publishers serve text-based Google AdWords ads on their site and Google pays them for clicks on these ads.

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